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1 day ago · In the three main Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), the individual, God, and the universe are highly separate from each other. The Abrahamic religions believe in a judging, paternal, fully external god to which the individual and nature are both subordinate.
5 days ago · On the Origins of Judaism: An Exchange - Jewish Review of Books. May 24, 2024. In our Winter 2024 issue, Malka Simkovich took a deep dive into Yonatan Adler’s thought-provoking new book, The Origins of Judaism: An Archeological-Historical Reappraisal.
4 days ago · The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity. The narrative is made up of two stories, roughly equivalent to the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis . In the first, Elohim (the Hebrew generic word for god ) creates the heavens and the Earth in six days, then rests on, blesses, and sanctifies the ...
1 day ago · The Torah (/ ˈ t ɔːr ə, ˈ t oʊ r ə /; Biblical Hebrew: תּוֹרָה Tōrā, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Torah is known as the Pentateuch (/ ˈ p ɛ n t ə tj uː k /) or the Five Books of ...
4 days ago · By Susan Handelman. My aim here is not to engage directly in arguments about the Torah's view of homosexuality, or feminism, or the problems of singles in the Jewish community. Rather, these questions have raised for me a deeper, underlying question: Beyond the usual platitudes, why is the family so important in Judaism?
3 days ago · - Chabad.org. Kabbalah, Chassidism and Jewish Mysticism Chassidic Texts. The Tree of Life - Kuntres Eitz HaChayim. A classic chassidic treatise on the mystic core of spiritual vitality. By Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson; Translated by Eliyahu Touger. From the Sichos in English Collection.
5 days ago · The Classical Rabbinical Period. During the Classical Rabbinical Period, the oral traditions central to the Jewish belief systems were written down and codified. Table of Contents - Jewish History. Historical Overviews. From the Maccabees to the Mishnah by Shaye J.D. Cohen. Call Number: BM176 .C615 1989. Publication Date: 1989.
